RS research that accounts for this problem of one event having two potential meanings is hard to find. In their work on context aware recommender systems (CARS), [1]} paradoxically claim they rely on a “representational” approach and cite Dourish's work. Yet Dourish's paper is aimed at explaining the ways in which “positivist/representational” thinking behind ubiquitous computing is shortsighted and incomplete. He instead suggests drawing on “phenomenological” and “embodied” approaches to understanding context and its role in meaning creation. Dourish, however, does not consider legal norms in his discussion of how designers can be “nudged” to include these more nuanced, post-positivist conceptions of context into RS. We claim the GDPR provides grounds for doing so, irrespective of the underlying economic or business logic.
